C31 · Gambit · a plan for White

King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Morphy Defense

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.f4d54.exd5e45.d3Bb46.Bd2e3

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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Morphy Defense34k games · White to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

30k41%

4.1k21%

20727%

1530%

617%

30%

317%

10%

Famous games in this line23 master games

Rapport, R. (2736) – Bu Xiangzhi (2729)2019½–½ Zvjaginsev, Vadim (2663) – Chadaev, Nikolay (2535)20081–0 Quparadze, G. (2482) – Sanikidze, T. (2497)2016½–½ Oro, Faustino (2357) – Pranav, V. (2611)20240–1 Inkiov, Ventzislav (2495) – Tatai, Stefano (2440)1982½–½ Gurkin, A. (2276) – Kazhgaleyev, M. (2582)20160–1 Pridorozhni, Aleksei (2524) – Karpov, Alexander (2330)20081–0 Paglilla, Carlos (2315) – Milos, Gilberto (2510)1988½–½

Heroes of this opening Zvjaginsev, Vadim · Pranav, V. · Kazhgaleyev, M. · Pridorozhni, Aleksei

Family: King's Gambit
Category: Gambit
First move: 1.e4
ECO: C31
Line: 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 e3

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For three centuries chess WAS the King's Gambit — Anderssen's Immortal Game (1851), sacrificing both rooks and the queen, opens 1.e4 e5 2.f4. Then Fischer, furious after losing to Spassky's, published 'A Bust to the King's Gambit' (1961). It's never been the same — and it still wins miniatures every day.

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